Alby Schultz
| Alby Schultz | |
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| Member of the Australian Parliament for Hume |
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In office 3 October 1998 – 5 August 2013 |
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| Preceded by | John Sharp |
| Succeeded by | Angus Taylor |
| Majority | 58.72% |
| Member of the NSW Parliament for Burrinjuck |
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In office 19 March 1988 – 1 September 1998 |
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| Preceded by | Terence Sheahan |
| Succeeded by | Katrina Hodgkinson |
| Personal details | |
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Albert John Schultz 29 May 1939 Melbourne, Victoria |
| Died | 14 July 2015 (aged 76) Cootamundra, New South Wales |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Political party | Liberal Party of Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Gloria Schultz |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence | Goulburn |
| Occupation | Meat Worker |
Albert John "Alby" Schultz (29 May 1939 – 14 July 2015) was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from October 1998 to August 2013, representing the Division of Hume in New South Wales.
Schultz was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and was a meat processing worker before entering politics. He was a field officer for the Liberal Party (1986–88) and a member of the Cootamundra Shire Council (1983–91).
Schultz was the member for Burrinjuck in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1988 to 1998, before being elected to represent Hume at the 1998 federal election. He was subsequently returned at the 2001, 2004, 2007 and 2010 elections. He gained national media attention in the lead up to the privatisation of Telstra claiming that he would not support the legislation but would not "cross the floor". In the end he abstained from voting on the matter.
Alby Schultz was one of the several Liberal Party politicians along with Don Randall, Wilson Tuckey, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Dennis Jensen and Sophie Mirabella, who boycotted Parliament on the day that the formal apology to the Stolen Generations was made by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
Schultz apologised in June 2009 for a physical confrontation with one of his Liberal parliamentary colleagues in a party room meeting in Parliament House. He had been angered by a remark made by Chris Pearce, the member for Aston in Victoria, during a debate about whether the Liberal Party should run candidates against National Party MPs. Schultz reportedly responded by grabbing Pearce around the neck. He later apologised to Pearce and the entire party room for the incident.
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